n
o, m. Subst. use of 1 drúth
. Later also drúith; in
oblique cases somet. confused with druí.
I
(a)
professional jester or buffoon: d.¤, fidchellach, fuirseóir
(in the household of Tara),
Metr. Dinds. i 26.165
.
rom altsa
. . . eter erredaib ┐ ánrathaib, eter drúthaib ┐ drudib,
LU
10281
, cf.
ZCP iii 235
.
do druith, do oblaire,
Laws i 156.31
.
.x. ndruith .x. ndeogbaire,
TBC-I¹ 1372
.
druith ┐ deogbairi . . .
ic dáil dóib,
Ériu iv 124.23
.
na cornairi ┐ na druith,
IT ii
180.2
.
Find ua Baiscni, is dó ropad druth Lomna Midlag,
Corm. Y 1018
.
Darera .i. druith Meic Con,
Lec. 361b50
.
Húa
M. . . . rigdruth Erenn,
RC xxiv 50 § 7
. amal druth ic
furséoracht (of David dancing before the Ark),
SR 6684
.
tri
druíth remib co mindaib argdidib,
TBFr. 38
. géim drúith
`a jester's shout',
RC xxiv 54 § 16
. The d.¤ somet. exercised
the functions of a
satirist:
fáitte Medb na drúith ┐ na glámma
ar cend Fhir Diad,
TBC-LL¹ 3017
. a tri druid (drude, LU; leg.
drúith?) dénma glám ngér,
ZCP iii 262.30
.
na secht ndruith
dia rinnad ┐ dia ndressad,
Lec. 34b40
.
mac an drúith al-los
ghlamh ngéar,
3 C 13, 923.18
. There was an inferior class of
drúith who were
vagrants
, often spoken of with disapproval
in relig. lit.: donaib druthaib = cléir aesa ceirdd = praecones,
Trip.² 2382 ff
. drúith ┐ gobaind ┐ cáinti (forbidden to travel
on Sundays),
Ériu ii 208 § 31
. na druithi ┐ na cainti ┐ na
crosanaigh (among the damned),
RC xxviii 318 § 30
;
ZCP
viii 208.5
.
(b) In later lit. somet.
poet, learned man (prob. through
confusion with druí):
Murchadh Hua C. primdruith ┐ primollom Condacht,
RC xvii 406.29
(Tig.) =
AFM 1067
(file, v.l.,
see note K). an dall Ua C. ríghdruth Ereann `royal poet',
AFM 1166
.
druth Aedha cecinit,
866
.
II In Laws imbecile, person not responsible for his actions:
druith dochuinn dasachtaig (classed among `fuidhir' tenants),
Laws iii 10.18
; cf.
Comm. 12.1
, where the d.¤ is said to be `co rath'
(i.e. able to be of some use?), oppd. to: dochuinn .i. mir cen
rath no mic beca. Distinguished from gaeth (a normal sane
person) and fer lethcuind (a half-witted person),
iii 156.18
f.
fer turgaire druith is é asren a cinaid the man who incites an
imbecile pays for his guilt,
iii 156.4
. cor druith no mire
(invalid contracts),
i 52.1
.
ni gabter athgabail druith na
dasachtaidh,
ii 44.27
.
druth .i. oinmit . . . cen fiach fair ina
chintaib,
Corm. Y 472
. orba drúith the inheritance of an
imbecile,
Triads 205
.
ní cria di ṡecht mbáethaib file la Féne
.i. . . . di drúth, di dásachtach,
Tec. Corm. § 19
. Equated
with amatán
fool
,
O'Dav. 518
.
d.¤ .i. oinmhid,
O'Cl.
As
ā, f. of a female imbecile:
lanamnus genaige,
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 16
.i. donither tre gean og mear no dasachtach fri druith
no dasachtaid,
Laws ii 356.28 Comm.
=
fri dru[i]th no
dasachtaig,
Stud. in E. Ir. Law 74
.
Hence
Corm. Y 875
, druith gach mer, cf.
Ériu ix 47.20
.
Compds.
(a) With adj.
¤bennach :
m. Trichim Druthbennaig,
ZCP viii 334.11
(for possible meaning of sobriquet cf.
Corrcrechda .i. ainm do cnoc bis a n-étan na n-amatán . . . is é
aithni in druith in corr-c. do beith ina étan,
O'Dav. 518
).
(b) With subst.
¤cathmíl: iar marbad a druithchathmil[ed]
jester and soldier,
Fianaig. 34.7
. Druthnia, n.pr. m.,
LL
190b43
;
Rawl. 155b52
,
157.48
(Druith-).
ZCP viii 332.31
.